Charles Trenet
Le Revenant lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- French Pop, Tradicional
- Length
- 3:06
Comme les oves à l'oeil fauve
Like the waves in the amber eye
Je reviendrai dans ton alcôve
I will return to your alcove
Et vers toi glisserai sans bruit
And I will glide to you silently
Avec les ombres de la nuit
With the shadows of the night
Et je te donnerai ma brune
And I will give you my dark one
Des baisers froids comme la lune
Cold kisses like the moon
Et des caresses de serpent
And serpent caresses
Autour d'une fosse rampant
Crawling around a pit
Quand viendra le matin livide
When the pale morning arrives
Tu trouveras ma place vide
You will find my place empty
Où jusqu'au soir, il fera froid
Where until evening, it will be cold
Comme d'autres par la tendresse
Like others through tenderness
Sur ta vie et sur ta jeunesse
Upon your life and upon your youth
Moi, je veux régner par l'effroi
As for me, I want to reign through dread
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Key vocabulary
- fosse
- ditchB2
- livide
- paleB2
- froid
- coldA1
- froids
- coldA1
- matin
- morningA1
- nuit
- nightA1
- ombres
- shadowsA1
- oves
- seeds
- oeil
- eye
- fauve
- wildcatB2
About this song
Charles Trenet was a French singer-songwriter associated with French chanson, active for more than 60 years. He wrote both music and lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs, including “La Mer,” and collaborated with musicians Michel Emer and Léo Chauliac.